Yeah I think they'll be conservative with this and not put him out there until he's past full clearance. Could it be that his agent and family are telling UConn they need to be very careful with McNeeley even if the team doctor says he's ready to play? I wouldn't blame them if that is going on.
I thought it was somewhat encouraging when he returned to the bench without crutches.
I wish he was coming back against Creighton because that's a game where he will be sorely needed with the deep drop coverage Creighton likes to play. Being cautious and conservative I don't see him back until February.
Not proven to help. It's why a lot of NBA players are wearing low cut sneakers these days.
Not really with a high ankle sprain. There's no way to completely eliminate rotational stress with tape only, one of the reasons high sprains take longer to return. Tape helps, but you've got to get a certain amount of healing to go with it.
A lot of running backs get high ankle sprains. They may return to play after a few weeks, but they won’t get near fully healed until after the season.The recovery times in the study below seem incredibly fast given the "4-6 weeks at least" time frame that has been thrown around for Liam. (For those who won't bother to click the link: The study looked at 20 football players who had high ankle sprains. The injuries varied in severity. The longest time to return to unrestricted activity observed was 30 days, and the mean time was 15.5 days.)
Time to Return to Play After High Ankle Sprains in Collegiate Football Players: A Prediction Model - PMC
Determining the severity of high ankle sprains in athletes and predicting the time that an athlete can return to unrestricted sport activities following this injury remain significant challenges. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine if ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Any doctory people out there have any idea if there's reason to think Liam might fit into this range, or if there's something about his injury or the differences between football and basketball that make his recovery longer? If he takes as long as the slowest recoverer in the study, he'll be back by the Marquette game. Can I get my hopes up?
You’re telling me that decades of high tops was based on nothing but a hunch??
My school was a Reebok school so we always got the Iversons. Had no problem with the Question and immediately got the worst sprain of my life upon wearing the Answer. Was late in the season so it ended my hapless career. Probably coincidence but that was the last time I ever wore lowcuts to play in.
Hapless Career?? That’s cold man. Do you know what % of HS players make it to next level(College)? Very low. How about “undistinguished” if you must self deprecate.
Ha…yeah probably more appropriate. Thanks for the kind words!
Not worried but it’s not like it’s helpful that he’s out. Would be great to see him get some minutes against DePaul going into Marquette to get warm as the Feb/Mar schedule is much more challenging.
Not sure if you can add quickness. While he is long you don’t really see him use that advantage much. I think the key will be putting some added muscle on to be able to take it to the rim with some force. While muscular he’s only 190. Take a guy like Donovan Mitchell for instance (who’s from Elmsford CT btw), who’s 6 3, 215. If Solo can get to 200-205, find a way to start taking it to the rim through contact, his stock should spike.
Right high ankle sprain this time...seems like every article referring to July 4, 2024 just says "an ankle". Tried about 25 links all same.
